Hold On – Week 8

November 3, 2021

By Noonefromtampa

What was an important penalty lesson from Week 8? If you score a touchdown, just hand the ball to the official and return to the bench. D.K. Metcalf decided to jump on and hug the goal post earning himself a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Luckily, Seattle was playing Jacksonville so the move didn’t matter in the big scheme of things, with Seattle winning handily 31-7. In the Monday Night game, Kansas City and New York Giants combined for 22 penalties for a whopping 191 yards. One can only assume the officials had tired arms after that game.

The Washington Football Team limited penalties to four calls this week, which was the same number as last week. Washington may not be playing good football, but they are playing mostly mistake free football. Fans can only hope the improved consistent play leads to more wins as the season goes on.  The league average for the season is 6.32 calls per team in a game while in week 8, the average was 6.87 calls per team in a game. Washington is continuing the trend of being under the league averages for the week and season.

League Wide Numbers

The most penalized team in the NFL is still the Philadelphia with 60 flags against Washington has 47 total calls against them, which is tied at 15th place with two other teams. The players with the most penalties against them are Raiders offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood and Dallas offensive lineman Conner Williams with 8 accepted calls. Broncos tight end Noah Fant is third with 7 calls.

Week 5 Numbers

Game Summary:

Team Penalties Yards First Downs
Denver 4 35 1
Washington 4 29 1

Penalties called:

Penalty Denver Washington Grand Total
Face Mask 1 0 1
False Start 1 1 2
Ineligible Downfield Pass 1 0 1
Neutral Zone Infraction 0 1 1
Offensive Holding 1 1 2
Roughing the Passer 0 1 1
Grand Total 4 4 8

Penalties by Unit:

Team Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Denver 1 3 1 5
Washington 2 2 2 6
Grand Total 3 5 3 11

By Player:

Player Penalty Accepted Offset
D. Risner Offensive Holding 1 0
J. Davis Roughing the Passer 1 0
J. McKissic Unnecessary Roughness 0 1
J. Simmons Taunting 0 1
L. Cushenberry Ineligible Downfield Pass 1 0
M. Sweat Neutral Zone Infraction 1 0
N. Fant False Start 1 0
R. Darby Face Mask 1 0
S. Charles False Start 1 0
W. Schweitzer Offensive Holding 1 0

Trends and Impacts

The mental mistakes this week were Saahdiq Charles with a false start and Jamin Davis with a helmet-to-helmet hit which resulted in a roughing the passer penalty.

In the first quarter, penalties helped stop Denver’s first drive when they were called for offensive holding and ineligible downfield pass leaving them in a third down and 29 yards to go situation.

Overall Season Numbers

By Player:

Player Accepted Declined Offset
W. Jackson 5 1 0
C. Young 4 1 0
R. Seals-Jones 3 0 0
W. Schweitzer 3 0 0
S. Cosmi 3 0 0
T. McLaurin 2 0 0
B. Scherff 2 0 0
S. Charles 2 0 0
B. St-Juste 2 0 0
M. Sweat 2 0 0
T. Apke 2 0 0
J. McKissic 1 0 1
C. Leno 1 0 0
K. Fuller 1 0 0
L. Collins 1 0 0
K. Curl 0 0 1
K. Hudson 1 0 0
J. Davis 1 0 0
C. Roullier 1 0 0
T. Heinicke 1 0 0
J. Patterson 1 0 0
T. McTyer 1 0 0
T. Way 1 0 0
A. Humphries 1 0 0
C. Cheeseman 1 0 0
J. Smith-Williams 1 0 0
A. Gandy-Golden 1 0 0
J. Bates 1 0 0
A. Gibson 0 0 1
L. Thomas 1 0 0

By Penalty and Unit:

Penalty Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Offensive Holding 0 7 3 10
False Start 0 5 3 8
Defensive Pass Interference 7 0 0 7
Neutral Zone Infraction 4 0 0 4
Roughing the Passer 3 0 0 3
Defensive Offside 1 0 1 2
Unnecessary Roughness 1 1 0 2
Defensive Holding 2 0 0 2
Offensive Pass Interference 0 2 0 2
Clipping 0 1 0 1
Low Block 0 0 1 1
Illegal Formation 0 1 0 1
Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 1 0 1
Illegal Touch Kick 0 0 1 1
Illegal Forward Pass 0 1 0 1
Illegal Double Team Block 0 0 1 1
Grand Total 18 19 10 47

Week to Week:

Penalty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grand Total
Clipping 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Defensive Holding 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Defensive Pass Interference 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 7
False Start 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 8
Illegal Double Team Block 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Neutral Zone Infraction 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Offensive Holding 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 10
Roughing the Passer 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Unnecessary Roughness 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Offensive Pass Interference 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Illegal Forward Pass 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Defensive Offside 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Illegal Formation 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Low Block 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Illegal Touch Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Grand Total 8 9 5 6 5 6 4 4 47

The most common penalties committed by Washington during the season have been offensive holding with 10 calls; false start with 8 calls; and defensive pass interference with 7 calls.

 

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